About the Center

The Center for Social Cohesion, a joint project of Arizona State University and Zócalo Public Square in partnership with the New America Foundation, is dedicated to studying the forces that shape our sense of social unity.

Wholly non-partisan, pluralistic and multidisciplinary in outlook, the Center for Social Cohesion seeks to promote understanding of how diverse societies cohere. Globalization, immigration, and the fragmentation of media have increased the urgency of questions surrounding national identity, citizenship, political discourse, and the fraying social contract. It’s time to devise new strategies and public policies to foster healthy civic engagement locally, encourage robust integration nationally, and explore the meaning of citizenship and community globally.

To that end, the Center for Social Cohesion fosters discourse and supports research on the ever-shifting balance between the pluribus and the unum in American society.

Learn more about the Center at www.centerforsocialcohesion.org.

Articles and Op-Eds

May 14 | Los Angeles Times
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March 26 | Los Angeles Times
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February 20 | Los Angeles Times
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January 27 | The Los Angeles Times
Joe Mathews
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Events

Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 11:45am | Washington
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Center for Social Cohesion Staff

Andrés Martinez
Vice President and Editorial Director, Bernard L. Schwartz...

Andrés Martinez is New America's vice president and editorial director. Mr....

Joe Mathews
Fellow, Center for Social Cohesion

Joe Mathews, a fourth-generation Californian, writes about his home state...

Gregory Rodriguez
Director, Center for Social Cohesion

Gregory Rodriguez has written widely on issues of social cohesion, civic...

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